Patents by Inventor Allyson M. Ray

Allyson M. Ray has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Queen bee monitoring cage system
    Patent number: 11412715
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a novel queen monitoring cage system comprising a housing having a plurality of holes to provide ventilation, at least one egg laying plate, serving as an inner wall of the cage. The egg laying plate includes a plurality of hexagonal cells, and one or more ports to allow materials to be added to the housing. Additional embodiments of the system provides a removable drawer for the insertion and removal of bees, and inserts to prevent escape of bees while egg laying plates are added and removed. Experimental results show that the queen monitoring cage can be used to study queen egg laying behavior under laboratory controlled conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: Gene Robinson, Hagai Y. Shpigler, Ran Chao, Allyson M. Ray, Alison L. Sankey
  • QUEEN MONITORING CAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190350175
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a novel queen monitoring cage system comprising a housing having a plurality of holes to provide ventilation, at least one egg laying plate, serving as an inner wall of the cage. The egg laying plate includes a plurality of hexagonal cells, and one or more ports to allow materials to be added to the housing. Additional embodiments of the system provides a removable drawer for the insertion and removal of bees, and inserts to prevent escape of bees while egg laying plates are added and removed. Experimental results show that the queen monitoring cage can be used to study queen egg laying behavior under laboratory controlled conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Gene Robinson, Hagai Y. Shpigler, Ran Chao, Allyson M. Ray, Alison L. Sankey